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    "id": 1213400,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seki",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Seki Kanar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement from the Senator for Marsabit County on the issue of non-remittance of staff statutory deductions. This is a very emotive issue where the counties are not remitting the statutory deductions. Not just the statutory deductions but even loans and Savings and Credit Co-operative Society (SACCO) dues for members. This is a very big and emotive issue in the counties. The non-remittance is accruing a lot of arrears in the counties and that makes counties to have a lot of pending bills even to their own staff. I know very well that governors have a lot of money that they are getting from the Controller of Budget (CoB) in full, in terms of personnel emolument. This is an issue where we need the Committee concerned to ask the CoB why they are sending monies to counties yet they do not remit the same to the statutory institutions as required. This makes a ripple effect to the employees of the counites. They do not go the hospital or enjoy the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) benefits. The statutory like Pay as You Earn (PAYE), the bank pays the net salaries for the county employees. This is an emotive issue. We support this Statement. The Committee should sit down with the concerned governors. My county is also affected. To make the matter worse, counties are employing more staff to those offices without following due processes which also accumulate arrears within the employees. I support the Statement and want to see its future as we get the response from the governors."
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